gēng

to plow

to till

plow tool (耒) + sound: jǐng (井) = to plow and till

耒 is an ancient plow tool, so it anchors the meaning of tilling soil. 井 contributes the sound gēng and does not carry a semantic role here.

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Well (a water well)Phonetic
A primitive wooden plowSemantic

农民每年春天都要地。

nóng mín měi nián chūn tiān dōu yào gēng dì。

Farmers have to plow the land every spring.

他们用牛田,已经有很多年了。

tā men yòng niú gēng tián,yǐ jīng yǒu hěn duō nián le。

They have been using oxen to till the fields for many years.

Words with 耕

一分耕耘,一分收获

yī fēn gēng yún , yī fēn shōu huò

(saying) you reap what you sow

休耕

xiū gēng

to leave farmland to lie fallow

备耕

bèi gēng

to make preparations for plowing and sowing

冬耕

dōng gēng

winter plowing

刀耕火种

dāo gēng huǒ zhòng

slash and burn (agriculture)

半自耕农

bàn zì gēng nóng

semi-tenant peasant

可耕地

kě gēng dì

arable land

垦耕

kěn gēng

to bring under cultivation (scrubland, marshland etc)

春耕

chūn gēng

to plow a field in the spring

水耕法

shuǐ gēng fǎ

hydroponics

深耕

shēn gēng

deep plowing

深耕细作

shēn gēng xì zuò

deep plowing and careful cultivation

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